Description
Book SynopsisThe Need for Professional Competence
For all the attention given to the forensic sciences in the media and the law, there is a glaring deficiency in the promotion of standards of competence. In the midst of fascinating scientific advances in the field, forensic science still suffers embarrassments from highly publicized scientific controversies and shoddy or fraudulent practices. The enactment of the Daubert ruling, which questions the qualification of a scientific âœexpertâ, demonstrates the courtsâ attempt to regulate a profession that ought to be self-regulating. Libraries of books on technique can do nothing to promote forensic science without common governing standards of practice that ensures professional competence.
Common Ground
The first book of its kind, Ensuring Competent Performance in Forensic Practice: Recovery, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting promotes a common understanding of competence and demonstrates the application
Trade Review
“... put a lot of information into a workable format for many forensic users...gave me a lot to think about. ... well written and informative; I will recommend to our membership in AFQAM.”
— Jana Champion, Director. Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory, and President, Association of Forensic Quality Assurance Managers
Table of ContentsDefining Forensic Science. Standards. Generic Standards.
Use of Standards. Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP). Skills for Justice. Appendix 1:Occupational Mapping Study for the Forensic Science Sector. Appendix 2:Recovery of Material of Evidential Value—Laboratory Based. Appendix 3:Seventy-Eight Uses of Occupational Standards. Appendix 4:Professional Standards of Competence (National Occupational Standards in Forensic Science). Appendix 5:Competency Assessment.
